That’s odd. The Wilson quote in aausch’s post heavily implies that Freeman spoke Samoan and Mead didn’t. But Paul Shankman’s Skeptic article says
Mead was a competent fieldworker who spoke Samoan with a degree of fluency and who understood Samoan joking.
Hmm. Wonder who’s right.
That’s odd. The Wilson quote in aausch’s post heavily implies that Freeman spoke Samoan and Mead didn’t. But Paul Shankman’s Skeptic article says
Hmm. Wonder who’s right.